Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Shri Gurudev Mahendranath

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.

The result of the debate was no consensus; leaning to keep. – Sceptre ^(Talk) 14:48, 9 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Shri Gurudev Mahendranath

• DeleteNon-notable. any links that come up come from the same origin, one of few[1]. lack of interest in topic in history Hamsacharya dan 18:33, 3 April 2006 (UTC)
  • You misspelled "Shri" as "Sri" to get that result. The author who is the subject used "Shri." But thanks for finding a few additional results. —Adityanath 19:10, 3 April 2006 (UTC)
• Keep. (disclosure: I am author of article) Google seach returns nearly 1000 hits for "Gurudev Mahendranath" [2] + another 500 for "Dadaji Mahendranath" [3]. Subject is a published author and poet. —Adityanath 18:42, 3 April 2006 (UTC)
  • Amoral Way of Wizardry (scroll to bottom of page)
  • Online version of book The Scrolls of Mahendranath first published in print in 1990
  • recent publication in Spring 2003 Namarupa magazine
• Delete non-notable as an author, and no other support for notability given. "The Scrolls of Mahendranath" turns up only one hit in WorldCat, for the LoC, and indicates that the book has no ISBN. --Sneftel 19:08, 3 April 2006 (UTC)
  • Editing for republication is underway and a new edition with ISBN is scheduled for Spring 2007. —Adityanath 19:14, 3 April 2006 (UTC)

In which case it would be appropriate to create a new article once that has actually happened. Wikipedia is not a crystal ball. --Sneftel 19:38, 3 April 2006 (UTC)

• Keep - You are correct that 'The Scrolls of Mahendranath' has no ISBN but some of the contents are previously published works (magazine). — Nathhere 13:35, 4 April 2006 (UTC)
• Speedy Keep - This author was also published in numerous periodicals in the 1970s and 1980s, including the British magazine Values, the well-known British magical journal, Sothis Magazine and the NYC-based but seminal Mandragore, and there is a recent article about him in the Ashe Journal of Experimental Spirituality, as well as the other publications mentioned above. He is known as the founder of two different organizations, AMOOKOS, which is the subject of the book Tantra Magick by Michael Magee, and the International Nath Order which is still active. ---Baba Louis 21:13, 3 April 2006 (UTC)
  • Changed to speedy keep as I noticed that Adityanath for some reason underreported the number of Google hits. I get over 9,000 for "Gurudev Mahendranath" [4]. I have safe-search OFF, perhaps that makes a difference. ---Baba Louis 22:21, 3 April 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per Nom Kalagni Nath 00:22, 4 April 2006 (UTC)
• Keep - I get 9140 hits on Google [5], to be precise :-) -999 02:55, 4 April 2006 (UTC)
• Speedy Keep - The cited references of Baba Louis for the authors works are valid as are a number of others. The Author appears to be considered for deletion soley due to the lack of an ISBN number. Is it not true that an ISBN number can be applied to any collection of ideas, with the sole requirement that a collection of dollars be applied to the ISBN number? I don't believe the lack of an ISBN number is topical here. We have instead a published author and historical personality who has influenced many people. There is no valid criterion that this article be cited for deletion.216.39.162.241 06:27, 4 April 2006 (UTC)
• Keep, I found this delete discussion while working on the Gorakshanath and Matsyendranath articles. Both use this author as a reference and link to this page. Checking what links here, it appears that 11 articles of varying degrees of significance link to this page. Ekajati 16:32, 5 April 2006 (UTC)

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.